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oedipus   a tragic Greek hero. his prophecy stated that he kills his father and marries his mother, ultimately causing him to gouge his eyes out.  
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creon   king of Thebes, known for forcing eteocles and polyneices to kill each other then leave polyneices unburied, therefore causing the events of antigone  
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jocasta   queen of Thebes, known for being the wife and mother of Oedipus  
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antigone   daughter of Oedipus, known for trying to help polyneices get a proper burial after Creon orders otherwise.  
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teiresias   the blind seer that gives oedipus and Creon their prophecies. these prophecies cause the two to be angry and not listen to him.  
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ismene   second daughter of oedipus, known for not helping antigone in giving Polynices a proper burial.  
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chorus   theban elders who summarize and comment on the last scene of the plays. they represent the voices of the city.  
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shepherd   a former servant of laios, giving insight of oedipus's prophecies and ultimately proving oedipus's prophecy true,  
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corinth   the city in which Oedipus was raised by polybos and merope, whom he believed to be his biological parents.  
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laios   father of Oedipus. he was killed by his own son  
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polybos   adoptive father of Oedipus, who raised him in corinth  
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merope   adoptive mother of Oedipus, who raised him in corinth along with polybos.  
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theseus   son of king aegeus, known for going onto the Crete and slaying the minotaur in the labyrinth. king of athens in Oedipus at colonus  
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polyneices   son of oedipus. he is forced to kill his brother and Creon decrees that he shouldnt get a proper burial for betraying Thebes.  
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eteocles   son of oedipus. he is forced to kill his brother and is given a proper burial and is portrayed as a hero.  
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eurydice   former wife of Orpheus, killed by a snake. in antigone, she provides the message that Antigone has killed herself.  
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the furies   three sisters of vengeance who punish people who violate the laws of nature.  
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nemesis   goddess of retribution or justice.  
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dramatic irony   when the reader or audience is aware of something that the character is not.  
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situational irony   when something happens that is opposite of what is expected.  
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verbal irony   when someone says something when they mean the opposite.  
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motif   a recurring image or symbol that emphasizes the main idea or theme.  
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suppliant   a humble plea or beg to a person in authority.  
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anagnorosis   when the tragic hero in a play recognizes their wrongdoing or cause for their downfall.  
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hubris   excessive pride  
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hamartia   the flaw in a character that causes their downfall.  
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allusion   a reference from one media to another, unrelated, media.  
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theme   a central idea or message in a piece of writing that typically teaches a lesson.  
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tragic hero   the main character in a tragedy that faces a change in fortune, ultimately facing a downfall.  
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oracle   an individual that can contact the gods and are able to tell prophecies.  
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prophecy   a prediction of the future.  
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soothsayer   someone who can view the future; a prophet.  
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logos   to persuade an audience by using reasoning.  
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ethos   to persuade an audience by using the speaker's credibility  
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pathos   to persuade an audience by using emotional imagery  
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tragedy   a dramatic play in which a character, typically one with good fortune, experiences a downfall due to a flaw in their character.  
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catharsis   the purging of emotions.  
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freytag's pyramid   a framework describing the introduction, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.  
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peripeteia    
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fate   the force of predetermined events for a person.  
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tyranny   a type of government in which one person rules over all without other input, usually cruel and unfair.  
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capitalistic   an economic system in which properties and industry are controlled by a private owner  
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democratic   a type of government in which citizens vote for a leader.  
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socialistic   a system in which people support and control economic and political beliefs.  
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in text citaitions   a piece of evidence within writing; shown by the authors last name and page number in parenthesis.  
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conjuctions   a word that connects clauses or sentences.  
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dependent clause vs independent clause   a dependent clause cannot stand on its own and must have an independent clause to make sense in a sentence. an independent clause is a phrase that can stand by itself without needing a dependent clause or even an independent clause.  
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complex vs compound sentences   a complex sentence has an independent clause and at least one dependent clause to provide more information.  
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capitalization   a part of grammar in which that the first letter of a sentence or a proper noun must be capitalized.  
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runon sententence vs incomplete/fragment sentneces   a run-on sentence is a sentence that goes on without punctuation, making it nonsensical. an incomplete/fragment sentence is a sentence without a subject and/or verb.  
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parts of a paragraph   1. topic sentence, 2. supporting evidence, 3. analysis, 4. concluding sentence.  
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apostrophe s vs plural s   apostrophe s describes who the item is in possession of. plural s describes multiple of one item.  
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